Man, 18, arrested 'for holding up FOUR Subway stores because he was furious their sandwich diet didn't work'
- Zachary Rapheal Torrance, 18, was arrested Thursday in Hueytown, Alabama
- Police allege he robbed four local Subway restaurants
- Torrance told detectives their 'Jared Diet' didn't work and he wanted his money back
- The diet was first advertised in 2000 and pushes eating two low-fat Subway sandwiches a day
An angry Subway customer has been arrested in Alabama for allegedly holding up four the chain's stores because their 'Jared Diet' failed to yield him any results.
Zachary Rapheal Torrance, 18, was arrested Thursday in Hueytown on suspicion of armed robbery.
Police allege Torrance held up one shop on Wednesday and is suspected in three other recent robberies, all in the Birmingham area.
'He told the detective that he had been on the 'Subway Diet' and it had not worked for him and he felt like he wanted his money back,' Hueytown Police Chief Chuck Hagler said.
'The detective felt like he was being serious.'
Angry customer: Zachary Rapheal Torrance was arrested in Hueytown, Alabama, on Thursday on suspicion of robbing four Subway restaurants because the 'Jared Diet' of two sandwiches a day failed him, police say
Fight The Fat: The Subway diet, created by longtime Subway pitch man Jared Fogle (pictured), who claims he lost more than 200 pounds on it, is built around two low-fat sandwiches from the restaurant chain per day
The robbery happened about 8.45 pm at the Subway located at 810 Allison-Bonnett Memorial Highway.
Hagler said a man dressed in bright orange shoes walked into the store, produced a handgun and robbed the store of an undisclosed amount of money.
No one was injured in the robbery.
A second store, in nearby Midfield, was robbed on Monday at about 9.11pm.
The suspect used a gun in that hold-up as well.
The Subway diet, created by longtime Subway pitch man Jared Fogle, who claims he lost more than 200 pounds on it, is built around two low-fat sandwiches from the restaurant chain per day.
Scene: Police allege Torrance robbed this Subway restaurant810 Allison-Bonnett Memorial Highway
Torrance was arrested in a Walmart store after after a patron there recognized him from surveillance footage that police had posted online.
Torrance told police he was at the Wal-Mart to get a holster for his handgun, which was recovered from his vehicle and appears to match the one used in the Hueytown robbery, Hagler said.
He has been charged with first-degree robbery and is being held in the Jefferson County Jail with a $250,000 bond, Hagler said, adding that he does not yet have an attorney.
Police declined to disclose how much money Torrance is suspected of stealing.
The famous sandwich diet: Jared Fogle created the diet in 1998 as an obese college student and was appearing in Subway commercials in 2000
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